Former Celtics forward Paul Pierce is either delusional or he’s attempting to make a career for himself as a hot take artist.
During a segment last night on NBA On ESPN Pierce proclaimed that he was a better player during his career than Dwyane Wade.
Paul Pierce says he was a better player than Dwyane Wade, would have won 5-6 championsips "easy" if he played with Shaq/ LeBron pic.twitter.com/JwvS0tHpy8
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) April 5, 2019
Michelle Beadle: Who is the better player you or Dwyane Wade?Paul Pierce: That’s easy, that’s me. If you give me Shaq, if you give LeBron. If you give me these guys early in my career. You give me these guys at 24-25 and I would be sitting here with five or six championships easy.
Pierce went on to get immediately ridiculed by NBA Twitter over his hot take.
If Dwyane Wade came back next season, played all 82 games and scored zero points in every one, he'd still have a higher career scoring average than Paul Pierce.
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) April 6, 2019
Paul Pierce really said with a straight face his career was better than D Wade pic.twitter.com/cnf5iPuMHz
— Marquis (@Bama_Boi57) April 6, 2019
Last thing on Paul Pierce: Was he ever considered a Top Five player during any season of his career?
— Shandel Richardson (@ShandelRich) April 6, 2019
Pierce would later double down on his dumb take only to get hit by a dose of reality from Jalen Rose who started spitting facts in Pierce’s face.
https://twitter.com/JzoSports/status/1114401668588810243
He’s made NBA All-First Team twice, Paul hasn’t done it.
All-NBA eight times to your four.
He’s made NBA All-Defensive Team three times to your zero.
He won one scoring title, you weren’t able to win any scoring titles.
He has three rings, you have one ring.
Ouch.
Paul Pierce knew about halfway through this Jalen Rose fact check that he maybe went too far. https://t.co/gA409EfySG
— Rashaan Josey (@Rashaan) April 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/Mike_Motown/status/1114515571616440320